{"id":1584,"date":"2021-04-30T01:40:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-30T01:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whatsupwindsor.com\/?p=1584"},"modified":"2021-05-05T13:30:13","modified_gmt":"2021-05-05T13:30:13","slug":"garden-gnome-lists-shed-at-118000-in-red-hot-real-estate-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/whatsupwindsor.com\/?p=1584","title":{"rendered":"Garden gnome lists shed at $118,000 in red hot real estate market"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/whatsupwindsor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Capture.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/whatsupwindsor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Capture-239x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1585\" width=\"403\" height=\"506\" srcset=\"http:\/\/whatsupwindsor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Capture-239x300.jpg 239w, http:\/\/whatsupwindsor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Capture.jpg 570w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 403px) 100vw, 403px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Windsor, ON \u2013 A local garden gnome, who goes by the name Curtis, listed his shed for sale in the Fountainebleau neighbourhood on Windsor\u2019s east-side at a staggering $118,000 on Friday morning this week.&nbsp; \u201cI\u2019m seeing how hot the real estate market is and I think it is time to cash-in\u201d Curtis said prior to listing his home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>The teary-eyed gnome explained \u201cI\u2019ve been in this shed for the twenty-one years and I have a lot of good memories but the ceramic ducks and the lawn darts have moved on and I\u2019m here on my own with an old rake.&nbsp;&nbsp; I think it is time to let someone else have the place.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When questioned about his asking price Curtis was more matter-of-fact than emotional \u201cLook the way housing prices are going in Windsor this is a steal.&nbsp; A dog house one yard over sold for $98,000 last month and I\u2019ve got to look out for my future.&nbsp; I\u2019ve got my eye on a nice condo-balcony that I\u2019d like to put an offer in on.&nbsp; If that deals falls thru I\u2019ll be staying with my cousin.&nbsp; He\u2019s a troll and a has nice a two-bedroom place under a bridge.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The shed currently has thirteen competitive bids according to the gnome&#8217;s representative.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Windsor, ON \u2013 A local garden gnome, who goes by the name Curtis, listed his shed for sale in the Fountainebleau neighbourhood on Windsor\u2019s east-side at a staggering $118,000 on Friday morning this week.&nbsp; \u201cI\u2019m seeing how hot the real &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/whatsupwindsor.com\/?p=1584\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[8],"class_list":["post-1584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-weekly-news","tag-whatsupwindsor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/whatsupwindsor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1584","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/whatsupwindsor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/whatsupwindsor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/whatsupwindsor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/whatsupwindsor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1584"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/whatsupwindsor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1584\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1588,"href":"http:\/\/whatsupwindsor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1584\/revisions\/1588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/whatsupwindsor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/whatsupwindsor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/whatsupwindsor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}